Holder for eyeglasses



Jan. 7 ,1958 A. A. P-RETZ 2,818,621

- HOLDER FOR EYEGLASSES med Sept. 15. 1955 I INVENTOR. ANNE' A. PRETZ ATTORNEYS United States Patent HOLDER FOR EYEGLASSES Anne A. Pretz, Bay Village, Ohio Application September 15, 1955, Serial No. 534,511

2 Claims. (Cl. 24--13) This invention relates, as indicated, to holders for eyeglasses.

A primary object of the invention is to provide a holder of the character described, which is highly satisfactory for use for the temporary support of eyeglasses on the clothing of the wearer.

Another object of the invention is to provide a holder of the character described, which is made a unitary part of jewelry customarily worn by women on their blouses.

A further object of the invention is to provide a holder of the character described, which is not unduly conspicuous, so that, in appearance, when not in use, it appears to be a part of the jewelry, rather than to have a utilitarian function or purpose.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a holder of the character described, which is simple and inexpensive to manufacture.

Other objects and advantages of my invention will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of the device, shown in approximately double scale;

Fig. 2 is a rear elevational view of the device;

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view, taken on the line 3--3 of Fig. l, and

Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view, taken on the line 4--4 of Fig. 1

Referring more particularly to the drawings, reference numeral 1 designates a brooch or pin of the type which is customarily worn by a woman on her blouse, and is removably secured to the blouse by means of a pin 2.

Although the design of the brooch or pin is immaterial, as far as the present invention is concerned, the design, in this instance represents a ribbon tied into the form of a bow, the ends of the ribbon being designated by reference numerals 3 and 4.

Depending from the lower ends of the ends 3 and 4 are short chains 5, to the lower ends of which a tubular memher 6 is secured.

The member 6 has a flat front wall 7, a flat rear wall 8, which is substantially parallel with the front wall 7, and transversely curved side walls 9 and 10.

The member 6 is thus of somewhat elliptical transverse cross-section, and is open at the top and bottom. The member 6 is preferably made so as to be consonant in appearance with the brooch or pin 1, so as to appear to be a part of the jewelry represented by the pin. Thus, if the "ice pin is of gold or is gold plated, the member 6 will likewise be formed of gold or be gold plated.

When the pin 1 is worn on the blouse of the wearer, the member 6 will depend loosely from the pin in the manner shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, and thereby provide a temporary support for the eyeglasses or spectacles of the wearer, when these are not in use.

For this purpose, the wearer of the spectacles will insert one of the temples T of the eyeglasses or spectacles into the open upper end of the member 6 and allow such temple to pass through the member 6 until the portion of the frame F adjacent the hinge of that temple abuts the upper edge of the member 6, whereby the member 6 supports the eyeglasses in a desired manner. The other temple T of the eyeglasses may then be folded against the frame, and the frame then folded against or disposed closely adjacent the front wall 7 of the member 6.

The dimensions of the tubular member 6 are such as to freely receive one of the temples of the eyeglasses, but are not so large as to allow such temple to have excess freedom of lateral movement in the member 6.

I have thus provided a simple, inexpensive device which is highly satisfactory for the purpose for which it has been designed, yet is not unduly conspicuous, so that, in appearance, when not in use, it appears to be a part of the jewelry, rather than to have a utilitarian function or purpose. This overcomes the objection to previous devices designed for similar purposes.

By suspending the tubular member 6 by means of separate chains at transversely spaced points, the possibility of the member 6 turning about its own axis is substantially obviated.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention, herewith shown and described, is to be taken as a preferred example of the same, and that various changes in the shape, size, and arrangement of parts may be resorted to, without departing from the spirit of my invention, or the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A carrier device for eyeglasses, comprising a tube having spaced openings in its rear wall, a pair of rings mounted in the openings, at least one other pair of rings supporting the first pair of rings, an ornamental pin having means secured to the second pair of rings, whereby said pin, when mounted on a garment of a user, is adapted to maintain the tube in substantially vertical position, with the rear wall of the tube abutting the garment of the user, whereby the tube is capable of free pivoting movement for positioning a temple of the eyeglasses within the holder.

2. A carrier device, as defined in claim 1, in which said means comprises a pair of rings secured to said pin.

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